May 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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May 3 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective May3 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Moura (Maura), at Antinoöpolis, Egypt (304)May 3/16, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU)Martyr Timothy the Reader and his wife, Maura, in Egypt. OCA - Feasts and Saints.Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τιμόθεος καὶ Μαύρα οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.May 3. The Roman Martyrology.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. TIMOTHY AND MAURA, MM. (ABOUT A.D. 286.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fifth: May. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 55. Martyrs Diodoros and Rodopianos, at Aphrodisia in Anatolia, by stoning (285-305)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Διόδωρος καὶ Ροδοπιανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also April 29) Martyr Alexander and Virgin Martyr Antonina at Byzantium (313) (see also June 10) Great Martyr Xenia the Wonderworker, of Kalamata, Peloponnesus (318)Holy Great Martyr Xenia of Kalamata. OCA - Feasts and Saints.Ἡ Ἁγία Ξενία ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 3 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Holy 27 Martyrs who died by fireΟἱ Ἅγιοι εἴκοσι ἑπτὰ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Mamai, Catholicos of Georgia (744)Saint Mamai, Catholicos of Georgia. OCA - Feasts and Saints.Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάμας Πατριάρχης Γεωργίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saints Michael and Arsenius of Ulompo, Georgia (9th century)Saints Michael and Arsenius of Ulompo, Georgia. OCA - Feasts and Saints.Οἱ Ὅσιοι Μιχαὴλ καὶ Ἀρσένιος ἐκ Γεωργίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Peter the Wonderworker, Bishop of Argos, Peloponnese (925)Saint Peter the Wonderworker, Bishop of Argos. OCA - Feasts and Saints.Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἄργους. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Oecumenius (Ecumenius, Ekoumenios) the Wonderworker, Bishop of Trikala (Tricca) (10th century)Saint Ekouménios, Wonderworker of Trikala. OCA - Feasts and Saints.Ὁ Ἅγιος Οἰκουμένιος Ἐπίσκοπος Τρίκκης. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Alexander I, the fifth Pope of Rome (c. 106-115)May 3. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. ALEXANDER I., POPE. (A.D. 117.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fifth: May. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 54-55. Martyrs Alexander, Eventius and Theodulus (c. 113-119) Saint Juvenal of Narni (c. 369/377)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰουβενάλιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ναρνί. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Glywys (Gluvias) of Cornwall (5th century) Saint Scannal of Cell-Coleraine in Ireland, a disciple of Saint Columba (563) Saint Adalsindis, sister of Saint Waldalenus, founder of the Monastery of Bèze in France, Abbess of a convent near Bèze (c. 680) Saint Æthelwine (Elwin, Ethelwin), Bishop of Lindsey (c. 700) Saint Philip of Worms (770) (Philip of Zell)Ὁ Ὅσιος Φίλιππος ὁ ἐν Βόρμς. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Ansfried, Bishop of Utrecht (1010)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Venerable Theodosius, Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves Monastery, and Founder of Cenobitic Monasticism in Russia (1074)Venerable Theodosius, Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves Monastery, and Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism in Russia. OCA - Feasts and Saints.Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοδόσιος καθηγούμενος τῆς Λαύρας τῶν Σπηλαίων τοῦ Κιέβου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Theophanes of Vatopedi, Metropolitan of Peritheorion (near Xanthi) (14th century)May 16 / May 3, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Schema-abbess Juliana (1393) and Schema-nun Eupraxia (1394), of the Monastery of the Conception in Moscow. Saint Gregory, Archbishop of Rostov, Yiaroslavl and White Lake (Abbott of Kamennoi Monastery (Monastery of the Transfiguration) at Kubenski Lake, in Vologda province) (1416)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ροστώβ, Γιαροσλάβλ καὶ Λευκῆς Λίμνης. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Ahmet the Calligrapher of Constantinople (1682)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀχμὲτ ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Κάλφας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Paul of Vilnius, Lithuania (17th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Παῦλος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐκ Ρωσίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saints Silas (1783), Paisius and Nathan (1784), monks of Putna Monastery, Moldova. New Martyrs Anastasia and Christodoulos, at Achaea (1821)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀναστασία καὶ Χριστόδουλος οἱ Νεομάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Irodion (Ionescu) of Lainici, Abbot of Lainici Monastery in Romania (1900)THE GLORIFICATION OF SAINT IRODION OF LAINICI (+1900). Ecumenical Patriarchate - Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia (OMHKSEA).

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyr John Vilensky, Priest of Semyonovskoe (1918) New Hieromartyr Vladimir Izvolsky, Archpriest, of Manchuria (1930) New Hieromartyr Nicholas Benevolsky, Priest of Alma-Ata (1941)The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 33.

Other commemorations

Translation of the relics (1011) of Saint Luke of Mt. Stirion (953)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Λουκᾶ τοῦ ἐν Στειρίῳ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.1,015th anniversary of translation of relics of St. Luke of Steiris. Orthodox Christianity. Steiris, Greece, May 6, 2026. Retrieved: May 6, 2026. (see also: February 7 - feast day) Translation of the Dormition Icon of the Mother of God from Constantinople, to the Kiev-Pechersk Far Caves (1073)Translation of the Dormition Icon of the Mother of God from Constantinople to the Kiev Caves, Far Caves. OCA - Feasts and Saints. "Svenskaya" (Kiev Caves) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1288)"Svena" Icon of the Mother of God. OCA - Feasts and Saints. Finding of the relics (2018) of Saint John (Vilenskiy) of Yaroslavl (1918) (see also: October 28)

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References

Sources May 3/16, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU) May 16 / May 3, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow) May 3. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. AN ENGLISH ORTHODOX CALENDAR May 3. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. May 3, The Roman Martyrology. The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 125–126. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 3 ΜΑΪΟΥ, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 3 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 16 мая (3 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 3 мая (ст.ст.) 16 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).